Plant Standards Committee

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Scope

Within the scope defined in the remit, the Committee’s coverage includes fixed and mobile plant used in the railway industry, and the management of risk from the use of this equipment.
Coverage includes:

Consideration of the interfaces between any of these items and those covered by other standards committees

Consideration of requirements relating to activities dealt with in general, multifunctional documents in so far as they affect items within the committee’s coverage. Examples include: competence, procurement, construction, engineering acceptance, and record keeping.

Specifically excluded are:

Traction power supply

Locomotives, wagons, and coaches that are used on rail outside of possessions and are not on-track machines

Message from the chair

The PLT SC is responsible for Railway Industry Standards (RISs) covering the technical requirements and assessment of mobile plant used for the maintenance and construction of the railway infrastructure. This includes on-track plant used in engineering possessions, on-track machines also capable of movement on the operational railway, and other plant designed or adapted for railway use. We are also the BSI panel for European and International standards that influence railway plant and equipment used to service trains.

Membership

The Plant Standards Committee has members representing the following industry categories: